Baker’s Bench Bakery Review: New Minimalist Cafe With Build-Your-Own Brunch Platters And Pork Belly Sourdough

The top of the counter was spilling with treats as well. The shelf behind the counter was capped with all kinds of bread loaves from rye to white sourdough.

The variety was overwhelming, and everything looked like they were made freshly in-house. There was a huge tray of them sitting at the top of the counter—warm and glossy in all their glory.

Sold piece by piece and heated upon request, the buns were covered in heaps of sticky toffee and studded with walnuts. The sticky toffee on top was treacly, and had just the right amount of sweetness. It was a proper Italian sausage — coarse in texture and with a lot of lean meat involved.

The 65.5 ° sous vide eggs ($3) came seasoned in black pepper and chives. But two eggs in a bowl for $3, as well as the half-avocado for $3, seemed a little too steep in my books.

It was the Croissant ($5) that brought it all together. The jam was made fresh in-house with a mix of raspberries, blueberries, and lemon.

But I’d honestly just skip all the extra frills and get a cuppa with the croissant and house jam — it’s all you really need. Out of the sandwiches, we chose the most popular Pork Belly Sandwich ($14) that came with a side of salad dressed in house-made vinaigrette.

The sandwich had a base of house sourdough and was filled with a piece of pork belly cooked in a coffee glaze, fried garlic chips, slices of fresh pear, and kimchi mayo. According to the chef, the coffee and pork pairing was inspired by bossam, a Korean steamed pork belly dish. Everything inside the sandwich including the pork belly was soft to the bite, the crunchiness of the sourdough coming to play in comparison.

There wasn’t a huge portion of pork belly inside, but the flavours were all there. The slightly garlicky aftertaste of the pork belly, the sweetness of the pears, and the punchy creaminess of the kimchi mayo—each element perfectly packaged inside a memorable sourdough. The cafe is decked out in Scandinavian-style interiors from the wooden furnishings and muted colours to the pendant lights that line up at the counter.

For more tasty buns, check out our list of sandwich joints , offering meaty bagels. More! 10 Sandwich Joints To Visit During Busy Lunch Breaks For A Quick But Hearty Meal Address: 6 Bukit Pasoh Road, Singapore, 089820 Opening hours: Wed-Sat 8:30am to 5pm, Sun 8:30am to 4pm Website Baker’s Bench Bakery is not a halal-certified eatery.